China has quietly confirmed that a vast circular scar in its northeast is not a volcanic basin or a quirk of erosion, but a colossal asteroid impact site that ranks as the largest known crater of its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have just discovered a giant crater 900m in diameter in southern China. Named the Jinlin crater, a new study confirms ...

A newly identified impact scar in southern China has turned a quiet patch of countryside into one of the most important natural laboratories on the planet. The Jinlin crater, a vast bowl gouged into ...

A massive crater hidden beneath the Atlantic seafloor has been confirmed as the result of an asteroid strike from 66 million years ago. The new 3D seismic data reveals astonishing details about the ...

Arizona's Meteor Crater and other scars leftover from collisions with space rocks continue to serve up their secrets. Meteor Crater formed some 50,000 years ago. It represents the best preserved ...

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, along with ...

Coupled with spacecraft observations, the predictions may help settle the mystery of Psyche's makeup once and for all. "Large impact basins or craters excavate deep into the asteroid, which gives ...

Most lunar craters that we know of date back millions, if not billions, of years, making evidence of a recent impact a rare ...

"The crater is still providing new insights every year, so continued studies there are really important." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...